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Apr 24, 2014 - Director Peter Jackson announced today that the title of the third and final movie in The Hobbit series will be The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. The previous title of The Hobbit: There and...

Apr 24, 2014 - The Palladium 12 in Birmingham, Michigan has been sold by Uptown Entertainment to Cloud Nine Theater Partners LLC., according to an article published recently in the Oakland Press:
Cloud Nine...

Apr 23, 2014 - The Cinemark North Grand 5 in Ames, Iowa closed on April 19, 2014, according to an article published recently in the Ames Tribune:
April 19 will be the last call for movies at Cinemark North Grand...

Apr 22, 2014 - Carmike Cinemas announced this week that it is building a new 10-screen movie theater in Yulee, Florida. Construction is planned to begin on the Coastal Cinema 10 later this month.
All auditoriums...

Apr 18, 2014 - Carmike Cinemas announced recently that they are planning to reopen the Carmike Galleria 6 in Mount Lebanon, Pennsylvania on April 25, 2014. The six-screen movie theater is the result of an extensive...

Apr 17, 2014 - Industry site The Wrap is reporting that Robin Williams may be putting on the dress again to star in a sequel to the 1993 comedy Mrs. Doubtfire, which earned him a Golden Globe for his performance as...

Apr 16, 2014 - What do you do when a movie on a $7 million budget makes more than $110 million in worldwide box office sales? Well, you release a sequel, of course, and yesterday it was announced that Magic Mike...

Apr 15, 2014 - Andy Serkis was interviewed recently by Digital Spy about the upcoming movie, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, which will open in theaters July 11th, 2014. The story picks up where the original, Rise...

Apr 12, 2014 - The TRACK Cinema in Auburn, New York has opened to the public, according to a post on their Facebook page yesterday:
We are finally open. We had a soft opening tonight and thank you to all who...

Apr 11, 2014 - Following the trend of other franchises before it, the final installment of the "Divergent" series, Allegiant, will be split into two movies. Allegiant - Part 1 will be released on March 18, 2016,...

Apr 11, 2014 - The TRACK Cinema in Auburn, New York will be reopening soon, according to an article published recently in The Post-Standard:
The M&Ms, Skittles and Whoppers are stacked in the candy case,...

Apr 9, 2014 - Digital Cinema Destinations Corp., also known as Digiplex, will purchase the Lansing Cinema 8 in Lansing, Illinois, a southern suburb of Chicago. The announcement came in a press release issued by...

Apr 9, 2014 - The Frank Theatres - Intracoastal 9 in North Miami Beach, Florida appears to have closed around the weekend of April 4, 2014.
That is the last date for which we received showtimes, but we couldn't...

Apr 8, 2014 - The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra will be playing the entire score for The Wizard of Oz at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Saturday, April 12, 2014 at 7pm and...

Apr 1, 2014 - The Regal Horizon Stadium 8 Stateline, Nevada was forced to close in March 2014 when the Horizon hotel-casino in which it resides changed owners and major renovations were planned.
The...

Apr 1, 2014 - The Cinemark Movies 8 - Youngstown in Youngstown, Ohio closed in March 2014. The last update we received to their showtimes was on March 21st, so it probably closed after that weekend.
WKBN 27...

Mar 31, 2014 - The Strand Cinemas in Manitowoc, Wisconsin closed March 30, 2014. According to an article published recently in the Green Bay Press-Gazette, the theater's owner couldn't see how it could survive when...

Mar 31, 2014 - The historic Avalon Theatre in Milwaukee, Wisconsin is planning to install a 24-foot-tall movie marquee, reminiscent of what was common in movie theaters many years ago, with electronic signage...

Mar 27, 2014 - We've added dozens of new photos for Noah, which is opening in theaters nationwide tomorrow, March 28, 2014. The New York Premiere was held yesterday, and we have several photos of the cast and crew...

Mar 27, 2014 - On the heels of the Photo Gallery upgrade comes some changes to the Trailers & Videos pages for movies.
If you are familiar with the layout from the past, you'll notice that the changes we made...